The Persecution That Spread the Gospel - Missional (Romans 8:28)
When Idi Amin expelled all missionaries from Uganda in 1972, many feared the Ugandan church would collapse. Instead, it exploded. Without foreign leadership, local believers stepped up. The church grew from 2 million to over 10 million in the following decades. Persecution scattered missionaries; scattering spread the gospel. Romans 8:28 has a missional dimension: God works even opposition into mission advancement. The early church discovered this in Acts 8—persecution drove believers out of Jerusalem and into the world. Your setback might be God's sending.
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